Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-10-01
CALIFORNIA LETTER
Something About the Boom In Real
 Estate
POMONA, Cal, Sept. 9. 1877.

here is real estate; ID fact it is through.
 out all the southern part of the State
 and in a milder form in sll other parts.
 Nearly every person who has recently
 come to thIs State from Arizona, has
 caugot the real estate fever, and some of
 them have made lot of money. Judges Silent and Campbell have gathered
 much coin Tn aud about Los Angeles.
 and report says ex-IoyerBOr Gosper Is prospering as an agent to cell dirt and its products. Harry Brook and Judge
 Reymsrt are publishing the Fruit Grower" (monthly) but are agents for
 real estate. John R. Farrell is sssociat- cd with large operators in Los Angeles, but recently was assigned to San Diego, where John W. Gray and Robert Kerr are doing a real estate and surveying
 business Thos- Cordis Is also in the
 business at San Diego. John P. and c.
 A. Cum are agents in San BernRrdino.
 An effort to send John F. to St. Louis
 to superIntend San BernardIno's fruit
 exhibit during the G. A. R. meeting,
 failed. Probably John did not seek the
 place. Chss. R. Drake, ot your city,
 has recently personally examined many
 parts of tne State south of San Fran cisco to San Diego. He had the real estate fever slightly at the outset, and it
 grew on him till he decided to locate at
 Riverside and join the mass of the
 people in buying and selling real estate. He will give his special attention to sell ing Mir. Richard Gird's Chino ranch lands, for which he has the exclusive agency for Southern Arizona enQ a large part of San Bernardino and San Diego counties. Prof ID. Harmon, whIlOm your public school principal, Is now employ ed by MT. Gird. and John Wasson joIn- ed Mir. G.'s forces, and 1t IS said will soon edit paper at the new town of Chino to help boom the boom. The business goes under the general name oi "b ,om," and the Common salutstion Is, not how's your health. or hov's busi- ness, but hov's the boom with you! A recent yisis to Los Angeles was 8 sur. prise. Eos since the flush days of gold mining in '52, has . town grown with such rspidlty or been SO crowded with people. What were once long. narrow stores, have been converted into real es- tate offices-s dozen offices in one room, each fenced of but all In full view from tuc LOBb uOOEs 1uC okCbtn hAC kCuCA
 ally bright looking men. They speak quickly and sct in the same way. The streets wear a cosmopolitan aspect, but the distinguishing and really eDcoursg- ing feature of 1t sll is the preponderance of country people with country buggiss and vagops, showing heslthful growth, It IS perhaps safe tO say that DO city On the Pacific Coast. from Panama to Sit ks. has such support from country people as has Los Angeles to-day, and this support Is es certain to increase ss is the soil and climate to remain what they are. Even this town IS notable for it's country support, and five years ago it was little else than a mere railway station for few scattered settlers. IL has 6 splendid future. It IS supplied with an abundance Of artesian water of the purest quality. It has system of water works, and gas works are now be- ing built. Street railways are building and one or more new broad gauge steam roads will connect here with the South ern Pacific. Railway men are shrewd. The old companies rarely make mls- takes, and the 5. F. and A. T. & s. F. are running "bOom" in building new roads thss IS proportion ably as great, If not greater than the real estate boom. The fact IS, people have just really discovered the value oi this section of country and age coming in crowds from all parts of our large country and like in war times, they are coming BOO 900 strong" and will oontIn- ue to do SO until there Is a dense pop ulation here.
 As we'll ss beng the most valuable, this is and will be the most beautiful country on earth Its beauty will in crease each year. Within 20 years perhaps less it will present the most attractive view on earth. Man is work ing right up to beautiful nature. The climate is perfect, the water free of i'm purities, the soIl wonderfully fertile, and the trees vines and shrubs which grow the most valuable fruits. nuts, etc, being beauties are, joys forever The orange. olive, fig, walnut. almond and other profitable trees and vines, are strlklngly ornamental, and the admiration of every lover of the beautiful. Much of the time they fill the air with exquisite odors. The choicest flowers are ID bloom all the year, and the ornamental shrubbery is of the greatest variety and beauty. The grand mOuntains. n,OOO feet high, the graceful hills, similar to the most lovely in Spain, with the broad, rich valleys besutifed and enriched by the cultivation of the most profitable as well as the most beautiful trees. shrubs, vines and flowers, together make the most delightful earthly picture. This IS no fancy view; is IS a BcompsrItive real ity now, and few years hence it will be proclaimed by every person possessing the senses of seeing, tasting sDd smel- ling. The enterprising people here now are laying the foundations sright to en- sure unesquslled profit and beauty. The brosdest and longest avenues m the world, not alone in towns and cities, are being laid out and Ornsmented, and only . lively imagination can conceive of the value and attractions of this sec ton of the country few years hence.
 While real estate traffic leads and IS at the cotton of the boom, the people who manage it are building railways of all kinds ID city and county; gas and water works and sewerage sy-tems, county and town buildings of all kinds snd sizes. up to the largest hotels on earth; develop ing water by srtesisn and other wells; and by tunneIlIng mountains and build ing storage reservoirs: and ID planting every thir z that will enrlch themselves and sdorn the country. The fact IS, both old and new settlers have faith ID she boom, and none sell out 10 leave it. but contInue to help It along with theIr incresse ID wealth, w.